What is Protestantism? It seems a straightforward thing to answer. Protestantism is the affirmation of Scripture as the ultimate, unparalleled authority of Christian faith and practice. Protestantism is the “five solae” of the sixteenth-century Reformation: Sola Scriptura, Solus […]
My first ministry job was teaching high school theology, and in my first year, I was assigned a semester-long morality class for an unruly group of sophomores. It was a good Catholic school, but, like […]
The Trump administration has followed through on an earlier warning to use military force to protect Nigerian Christians if the Nigerian government failed to do so. On Christmas Eve, the U.S. military bombed ISIS targets […]
Editor’s note: This homily was preached, in slightly different form, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan, on Christmas 2025. ————- Let me set the stage for our reflection on this glorious Solemnity of […]
A US-based humanitarian organization has issued a grave warning that armed groups are planning coordinated attacks against Christian communities in northern Nigeria during the Christmas period. The non-profit organization, Equipping the Persecuted, provides essential support […]
The historical relationship between Judaism and Catholicism is complex. Deep and abiding theological differences endure, and yet Jesus himself said that “salvation comes from the Jews” (Jn 4:22), and Pope Pius XI said that, “Spiritually, […]
December 29th will mark the fiftieth anniversary of Persona humana, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s (CDF) “Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics.” Issued in 1975, the document reaffirmed Catholic teaching on […]
Readings: • Isa 7:10-14 • Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 • Rom 1:1-7 • Mt 1:18-24 Looking on thee, O Unwedded One, and dreading a hidden wedlock, O Sinless One, the chaste Joseph was riven in […]
Bishop James V. Johnston, Jr., 66, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, the oldest of four children. He attended Catholic schools through high school, and then earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of […]
Across Africa, faith is a profound source of hope, charity, and community. Yet in nations like Nigeria, it has also become the continent’s most volatile political fault line, often manipulated for power and dominance. In […]
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